Fertility & birth rates in Mexico and South Sudan

Fertility rate in Mexico vs South Sudan chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mexico was 1.91 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.86 in South Sudan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Mexico vs South Sudan population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Mexico	South Sudan
1960	6.76	7.16
1961	6.78	7.18
1962	6.8	7.2
1963	6.82	7.2
1964	6.83	7.22
1965	6.82	7.22
1966	6.79	7.25
1967	6.75	7.26
1968	6.71	7.26
1969	6.63	7.28
1970	6.53	7.29
1971	6.42	7.3
1972	6.28	7.31
1973	6.12	7.31
1974	5.95	7.31
1975	5.74	7.33
1976	5.54	7.33
1977	5.36	7.33
1978	5.2	7.33
1979	4.96	7.32
1980	4.74	7.33
1981	4.57	7.33
1982	4.43	7.34
1983	4.3	7.34
1984	4.18	7.35
1985	4.09	7.36
1986	3.97	7.38
1987	3.8	7.39
1988	3.64	7.38
1989	3.53	7.37
1990	3.44	7.38
1991	3.36	7.38
1992	3.29	7.37
1993	3.21	7.36
1994	3.13	7.35
1995	3.04	7.34
1996	2.96	7.32
1997	2.89	7.2
1998	2.82	7.08
1999	2.76	6.94
2000	2.71	6.8
2001	2.67	6.65
2002	2.63	6.52
2003	2.58	6.35
2004	2.54	6.19
2005	2.5	6.02
2006	2.46	5.85
2007	2.42	5.7
2008	2.39	5.57
2009	2.36	5.45
2010	2.34	5.32
2011	2.32	5.19
2012	2.29	5.06
2013	2.27	4.94
2014	2.21	4.82
2015	2.14	4.7
2016	2.09	4.58
2017	2.04	4.48
2018	2.03	4.37
2019	2.02	4.26
2020	1.99	4.16
2021	1.97	4.05
2022	1.94	3.96
2023	1.91	3.86
2024	1.89	3.79
2025	1.87	3.71
2026	1.85	3.63
2027	1.83	3.56
2028	1.82	3.49
2029	1.81	3.43
2030	1.79	3.37
2031	1.78	3.31
2032	1.77	3.26
2033	1.77	3.2
2034	1.76	3.15
2035	1.76	3.1
2036	1.75	3.06
2037	1.75	3.01
2038	1.74	2.96
2039	1.74	2.92
2040	1.73	2.88
2041	1.73	2.84
2042	1.72	2.8
2043	1.72	2.76
2044	1.72	2.73
2045	1.71	2.69
2046	1.71	2.66
2047	1.71	2.63
2048	1.7	2.6
2049	1.7	2.58
2050	1.7	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mexico	South Sudan
1960	46.8%	42.5%
1961	47%	42.6%
1962	47.1%	42.6%
1963	47.2%	42.8%
1964	47.3%	43%
1965	47.4%	43.3%
1966	47.5%	43.5%
1967	47.6%	43.8%
1968	47.6%	44%
1969	47.7%	44.3%
1970	47.7%	44.5%
1971	47.8%	44.7%
1972	47.7%	44.8%
1973	47.7%	45%
1974	47.6%	45.1%
1975	47.5%	45.2%
1976	47.2%	45.3%
1977	47%	45.4%
1978	46.7%	45.5%
1979	46.3%	45.7%
1980	45.8%	45.8%
1981	45.2%	46%
1982	44.4%	46.2%
1983	43.7%	46.3%
1984	43%	46.5%
1985	42.3%	46.6%
1986	41.6%	46.7%
1987	41%	46.9%
1988	40.3%	46.2%
1989	39.7%	45.4%
1990	39%	45.4%
1991	38.4%	45.5%
1992	37.8%	45.6%
1993	37.3%	45.7%
1994	36.9%	45.8%
1995	36.5%	45.8%
1996	36%	46%
1997	35.6%	46%
1998	35.2%	45.8%
1999	34.8%	45.6%
2000	34.3%	45.5%
2001	33.9%	45.5%
2002	33.4%	45.7%
2003	33%	45.9%
2004	32.5%	45.8%
2005	32.1%	45.3%
2006	31.6%	44.8%
2007	31.1%	44.3%
2008	30.6%	43.8%
2009	30.2%	43.4%
2010	29.8%	42.8%
2011	29.4%	42.2%
2012	29%	41.9%
2013	28.7%	41.9%
2014	28.3%	42.5%
2015	28%	43.1%
2016	27.6%	43.7%
2017	27.2%	45%
2018	26.7%	44.9%
2019	26.3%	43.6%
2020	26%	42.4%
2021	25.7%	41.6%
2022	25.3%	40.9%
2023	24.9%	39.9%
2024	24.5%	38.9%
2025	24.1%	38%
2026	23.7%	37.1%
2027	23.2%	36.2%
2028	22.8%	35.5%
2029	22.4%	35%
2030	22.1%	34.7%
2031	21.7%	34.5%
2032	21.4%	34.4%
2033	21.2%	34.3%
2034	20.9%	34.3%
2035	20.6%	34.2%
2036	20.3%	34.1%
2037	20.1%	34%
2038	19.9%	33.8%
2039	19.6%	33.7%
2040	19.4%	33.4%
2041	19.2%	33.2%
2042	19%	32.9%
2043	18.8%	32.5%
2044	18.6%	32.2%
2045	18.4%	31.8%
2046	18.2%	31.4%
2047	18%	31%
2048	17.8%	30.5%
2049	17.7%	30.1%
2050	17.5%	29.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.5% of the population in Mexico and 38.9% in South Sudan in 2024, compared to 39% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mexico and South Sudan compared.

Natural population change in Mexico vs South Sudan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.05% in Mexico and +1.65% in South Sudan. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Mexico	South Sudan
1960	1,206,955	42,945
1961	1,265,833	45,186
1962	1,328,319	47,406
1963	1,387,678	46,333
1964	1,447,360	64,786
1965	1,508,344	51,682
1966	1,566,170	38,523
1967	1,620,534	41,357
1968	1,671,918	44,213
1969	1,711,297	42,015
1970	1,753,370	44,776
1971	1,790,990	72,308
1972	1,823,302	74,803
1973	1,845,593	94,765
1974	1,868,809	97,181
1975	1,880,241	99,882
1976	1,891,958	102,346
1977	1,902,964	104,886
1978	1,921,419	107,352
1979	1,908,018	109,540
1980	1,893,158	112,307
1981	1,904,384	115,163
1982	1,921,772	118,641
1983	1,939,193	104,107
1984	1,960,428	90,970
1985	1,983,622	95,342
1986	1,998,043	99,502
1987	1,971,231	5,756
1988	1,936,601	-125,447
1989	1,927,752	83,735
1990	1,926,480	82,900
1991	1,942,832	87,873
1992	1,956,659	28,874
1993	1,963,708	32,779
1994	1,959,775	165,407
1995	1,941,458	110,417
1996	1,922,554	116,728
1997	1,898,383	121,454
1998	1,871,650	-12,157
1999	1,859,475	180,721
2000	1,845,383	196,055
2001	1,836,418	204,108
2002	1,820,665	212,014
2003	1,788,016	225,822
2004	1,759,250	231,877
2005	1,732,663	239,272
2006	1,706,084	246,706
2007	1,684,915	256,546
2008	1,670,846	268,268
2009	1,661,180	278,859
2010	1,658,682	287,409
2011	1,659,161	303,181
2012	1,656,599	312,974
2013	1,642,609	315,983
2014	1,587,620	227,611
2015	1,508,439	148,542
2016	1,445,256	110,553
2017	1,384,178	72,193
2018	1,366,076	168,497
2019	1,357,485	209,708
2020	1,031,637	212,332
2021	936,682	213,567
2022	1,224,397	211,166
2023	1,238,366	217,966

Maternal mortality chart: Mexico vs South Sudan

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 42 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mexico, compared to 692 deaths in South Sudan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mexico	South Sudan
1985	107	3,845
1986	100	3,720
1987	93	8,045
1988	88	5,535
1989	85	5,103
1990	81	4,877
1991	77	4,764
1992	73	7,597
1993	71	7,537
1994	69	1,666
1995	66	4,430
1996	64	4,357
1997	62	4,172
1998	60	7,514
1999	58	2,048
2000	56	1,658
2001	55	1,580
2002	55	1,521
2003	54	1,199
2004	53	1,150
2005	52	1,074
2006	51	1,005
2007	50	933
2008	51	858
2009	51	823
2010	50	776
2011	47	770
2012	46	755
2013	45	771
2014	44	1,216
2015	43	1,436
2016	43	1,629
2017	44	1,662
2018	44	913
2019	43	745
2020	61	729
2021	104	749
2022	45	704
2023	42	692

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.25% in Mexico and 9.87% in South Sudan. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Mexico	South Sudan
1960	15.5%	35.5%
1961	14.8%	35.2%
1962	14.3%	34.9%
1963	13.7%	34.6%
1964	13.2%	34.3%
1965	12.7%	34%
1966	12.3%	33.6%
1967	11.9%	33.3%
1968	11.5%	32.9%
1969	11.1%	32.6%
1970	10.7%	32.3%
1971	10.3%	31.9%
1972	9.93%	31.6%
1973	9.56%	31.3%
1974	9.21%	30.9%
1975	8.86%	30.6%
1976	8.52%	30.2%
1977	8.18%	29.9%
1978	7.85%	29.5%
1979	7.51%	29.2%
1980	7.18%	28.9%
1981	6.86%	28.5%
1982	6.55%	28.2%
1983	6.26%	27.8%
1984	5.98%	27.5%
1985	5.71%	27.1%
1986	5.46%	26.7%
1987	5.21%	36%
1988	4.98%	76.7%
1989	4.75%	30.7%
1990	4.53%	30.3%
1991	4.32%	29.7%
1992	4.12%	33.8%
1993	3.92%	33.1%
1994	3.74%	23%
1995	3.57%	27%
1996	3.4%	26.1%
1997	3.24%	25.2%
1998	3.09%	42.6%
1999	2.94%	19.2%
2000	2.81%	18.3%
2001	2.68%	17.4%
2002	2.57%	16.5%
2003	2.46%	15.7%
2004	2.36%	14.8%
2005	2.27%	14.1%
2006	2.19%	13.4%
2007	2.11%	12.7%
2008	2.04%	12.1%
2009	1.98%	11.5%
2010	1.91%	10.9%
2011	1.85%	10.5%
2012	1.79%	10.1%
2013	1.73%	9.92%
2014	1.68%	18.2%
2015	1.62%	23.7%
2016	1.57%	26.4%
2017	1.52%	27.8%
2018	1.47%	13.2%
2019	1.42%	9.87%
2020	1.38%	9.87%
2021	1.33%	9.87%
2022	1.29%	9.87%
2023	1.25%	9.87%